Emma Adkins is down on her luck, behind on her rent and close to being kicked out, she blackmails her landlord, he's behind with installing a fire escape. Emma writes to an old School friend of hers Nell, Nell telephones her and invites her for the weekend, it becomes a long term arrangement. Emma moves in upstairs, a self contained flat above the house, at a knocked down price. Nell soon begins to realise that she's made a terrible mistake by allowing Emma to stay, taking food, drink etc. After six weeks of torture Nell reaches breaking point, giving Emma notice. When that fails Nell is left with only one option.
It's a rather good episode, owing a lot to the acting master class, the the wonderful Joan Greenwood, such a legendary actress, truly a screen icon, that voice simply unmistakable, adding to her utter uniqueness as an actress. Rachel Kempson too, a fantastic actress in her own right, what a fantastic combination they make. You really see the journey from friendship to hate.
Clever episode, Emma makes you so annoyed, you cannot help but be infuriated with her, it's particularly well played out, the twist comes as a great surprise too, you get the sense that Nell was truly pushed to her breaking point too.
Such a nasty, twisted episode, I think it's a cracker, 8/10
It's a rather good episode, owing a lot to the acting master class, the the wonderful Joan Greenwood, such a legendary actress, truly a screen icon, that voice simply unmistakable, adding to her utter uniqueness as an actress. Rachel Kempson too, a fantastic actress in her own right, what a fantastic combination they make. You really see the journey from friendship to hate.
Clever episode, Emma makes you so annoyed, you cannot help but be infuriated with her, it's particularly well played out, the twist comes as a great surprise too, you get the sense that Nell was truly pushed to her breaking point too.
Such a nasty, twisted episode, I think it's a cracker, 8/10
